They are also good for situations when you want an unpredictable value, such as a reference in a link for proving an email address.

To be fair though, snowflakes are only 64 bit

An EXE is an out-of-process executable. A DLL is an in-process executable.

Haha that's insane! But I was no better. The datasette decks for our PETs never worked so I couldn't back-up the code I was writing for my Computer Studies 'O' level, so instead I had to print it out and then retype the lot the following day to work on it again :) After that I wrote an assembler, using a 6502 assembly language book, and basing it on the AJ Trott one we had that only worked for a few days before some lummox broke one of the pins off the ROM. (Wasn't me, honest!). My assembler worked ok but I could never get the disassembler working, for some reason I never figured out. I've actually still got a CBM3032 in my shed, with 1541 disk drive and printer. It worked the last time I switched in on (about 12 years ago) - probably doesn't now. Might have to try it when I get home now... :)

I skipped VB1 & 2, went straight to 3!

> anybody remember "poke"? ...and "peek"! Didn't the video RAM start at 1024 on the VIC20? I used PETs where it started at 32768. Wow - geek attack...

Microsoft Basic and 6502 assembly on a CBM4016. (I didn't learn Pick Databasic, Proc & TCL until much later, although mine was ADDS not MD)

I like that your text is an example of the content it describes :)

I'm still working in CP/M